For me, no. But it seems a stupid place to put a washing machine. It's always seemed sensible to me to put it where the washing is. The utility room can have things that belong outside, but need frequent checking or coddling. Animal feed, boots, various garden things on their way out, light tools, batteries etc. Pets (my dining room is currently home to all of the above, including a dozen chicks and a few hundred meal worms)

A cellar would be nice, but we have never had one. I have the washer, drier and freezer in the utility room, which is the end of the old kitchen, now more of a passageway, with a rather interesting selection of pipework.

I would like a house away from a main road with a garden big enough to grow vegetables, but not too big. Would also like a wood fired cooker. We have been looking at one of those for about 40 years, and am beginning to wonder if I will ever get one before I am too old to do the stoking.

Hairyloon

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